Edward godfrey stevens



No. 622,288. Patented Apr. 4, I899.

E. a. STEVENS PARCEL CARRIER.

(Application filed July 13, 1897.

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PATENT.

EDWARD GODFREY STEVENS, OF NEW YORK, Y.

PARCEL-CARRIER.

srncrrrcn'rr'xon forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,288, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed July 13, 1897. Serial No. 644382. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern:

v[Be it known that I, EDWARD GODFREY STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parcel-Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts.-

This invention relates to an improved parcel-carrier; and the object thereof is to supply a device of this character adapted for use as an economical and efficient substitute for a shawl-strap and also for fastening and carrying bundles and packages of any descrip tion.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forthin the anneXed claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved device, showing the same constructed in the shape especially applicable for use as a shawl-strap; and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are perspective views illustrating slight modifications of construction.

In the practice of my invention the device is composed of a single piece of resilient wire of any suitable thickness, depending upon the size of the bundle adapted to be carried, and comprises a bow A, having coils A upon its respective ends. These said coils are adapted for use as spring-clamps to clamp the ends of any suitable cord B, adapted for. being coiled around a bundle or parcel.

When the device is constructed especially for use as a shawl strap or carrier, auxiliary arms or bows A are extended outwardly from the coils A. These said arms are respectively supplied at their outer ends with coils A adapted for engagement with any suitable fastening-strin g B. In the use of the device in this specific form the cords supporting the shawl, overcoat, or other bundle are clamped at their respective ends between the coils A, and other cords to support canes, umbrellas, &c., are fastened or clamped between the coils A whereby the device may securely carry any of the desired articles required for ocea sional use in such a manner as to have them always readily at hand.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings the bowA has hooked projections 1 extended from each end thereof, and these said hooked projections engage with each other for the purpose of forming a loop adapted for suspension from the arm of a person using the device; In this construction the clamping-coils A form part of and are extended from the outer ends of the hooked pro jections 1.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings the coils A? are formed directly at the ends of the bow A, and they have hooked projections 2 extended therefrom, adapted for engagement with each other toform an arm-loop, the hook extremities being adapted to enter the paper cover of a parcel to make secure attachment therewith.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings the coils A at the ends of the bow A have projections 3 extend ed therefrom, with eyes 4 at their free ends. These eyes are adapted to engage-each other to form an arm-loop, substantially as in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In the use of the device it is simply necessary to pass any suitable cord or string B around the bundle and then clamp the untied ends of the cord between the coils A A or A whereby the bundle is securely fastened and suspended from the bow A.

A special feature of construction of my par= cel-carrier is the arrangement of the closed cord-clamping coils at opposite end portions of the cross-bar forming the handle proper of the carrier and in such relation to the crossbar that both coils may lie snugly to the parcel fastened and supported by the cords which are engaged by the coils, thereby making a most secure fastening and carrier for the parcel'and keeping the parcel in full control by the handle. I know of no prior device combining a cross-bar or handle proper having closed resilient end coils to which the parcel may be snugly bound by the same cord which ties up the parcel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A parcel fastener and carrier comprising a cross-bar forming a handle and having at each end portion a closed resilient coil adapted to retain the untied ends of a cord or cords passed around the parcel; said cross-bar and coils being relatively arranged to admit the hand or fingers between the cross-bar and the parcel held to the coils by the cord, substantially as described.

2. A parcel fastener and carrier made of one piece of resilient material comprising a cross-bar forming a handle, and having at each end a closed coil; said coils adapted to retain the untied ends of a cord or cords passed around a parcel; said cross-bar and coils being relatively arranged to admit the hand or fingers between the cross-bar and the parcel held to the coils by the cord, substantially as described.

A parcel fastener and carrier comprising a cross-bar having at each end a closed resilient coil adapted to retain the untied ends of a cord or cords passed around the parcel; said cross-bar and coils being relatively arranged to admit the hand or fingers between the cross bar the parcel held to the coils by the cord; said carrier also having auxiliary arms extending from the main coils and provided with auxiliary closed resilient coils adapted to secure auxiliary parcel-fastening cords, substantially as described.

4. A parcel fastener and carrier coin prising a cross-bar forming a handle and having at each end portion a closed resilient coil adapted to retain untied ends of a cord or cords passed around a parcel held to the coils by the cord; said carrier having interlocking portions adapted to hold the handle in a loop admitting a persons arm for carrying the parcel thereon, substantially as described.

5. A parcel fastener and carrier made of one piece of resilient material comprising a cross bar forming a handle and having at each end a closed coil adapted to retain untied ends of a cord or cords passed around the parcel; said carrier having interlocking portions adapted to hold the handle in a loop admitting apersons arm for carrying the parcel thereon While the parcel is bound to the coils by the cord, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD GODFREY STEVENS.

Witnesses:

O. SEDGWICK, B. MoCoina 

